For the third year in a row, some of our local shops are sponsoring a shop-hop. The participating shops are Welcome Stitchery in Blue Earth, MN, The Stitchery Nook in Osage, IA, and Shanty Stitchers in Beresford, SD. Every year they team up with a designer who designs a three-part pattern just for the shop hop. Each shop offers one of the complimentary three parts just for visiting, between June1 and August 31. (Note that the chart will be available for purchase at one of these shops beginning September 1).
This year’s designer is Cathy Habermann from Hands on Design. Cathy and Bill (Mr. HOD) did their own little “shop-hop” last weekend, visiting with stitchers at all three shops on Friday and Saturday.
We did not make the trek to Shanty Stitchers; it’s about a four hour drive for us, we will get there later this summer. Cathy and Bill were there on Friday morning. We started out our day at the Stitchery Nook. Collected a third of the pattern, did some shopping, and enjoyed lunch at the restaurant/bar next door. When we were finished we got back on the road and headed to Welcome Stitchery. Cathy and Bill were there from 4pm to 6:30pm. There was a nice turnout of stitchers! We collected the second part of the design and did a little shopping. Cathy shared details on how she painted the board that was used for finishing. She brought a long a small trunk show of some of her most recent designs.
We have always been big fans of Cathy and her designs and have learned so much from her regarding finishing over the years. Five years ago, she was at Welcome Stitchery for their grand opening. At that time, her flamingo designs were a big hit. The “flamingals” made an appearance then, and at several events since!
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